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Inching Toward Universal Coverage: State-Federal Health-Care Programs in Historical Perspective

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 August 2015

Simon F. Haeder
Affiliation:
University of Wisconsin–Madison
David L. Weimer
Affiliation:
University of Wisconsin–Madison

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